Author: blass uri
Date: 10:43:08 02/26/99
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On February 26, 1999 at 13:16:01, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 26, 1999 at 08:44:12, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On February 26, 1999 at 01:35:04, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>>Posted by Vincent Diepeveen on February 25, 1999 at 21:10:49: >> >>>>>I always use the default auto232 setting "/m100". In your case (using /m60) >>>>>the error rate is of course very high as there will be many games terminated >>>>>with scores like +1.xx or -2.xx. And then what? It's not always clear to judge >>>>>such games. Better use "/m100" IMO as it pays off in the end. >> >>>>Easy to judge for me. don't forget i have over 1000 rating points more >>>>than you. So /m60 is well enough. >> >>>That's a non valid point in the first place. Terminating games after 60 moves >>>having a score like -1.xx in comp-comp is meaningless as anything still can >>>happen. >> >>>Secondly, I did not know your rating was over 3200. >> >>As competition leader i have the bad habit to be busy a lot with >>ratings and such: >> >>Dutch national list. Everyone that plays national competition, yes >>even someone playing regional competition nowadays is in the national >>rating list. Also people that play tournaments are in the list anyway. >>Further a rating doesn't get away. Someone being a member of the >>dutch computer chess club, also is automatically member of the >>dutch national chess association, and if he plays somewhere he has >>a rating therefore. >> >>Here the programmers i could find: >> >>Walter Ravenek (arthur) 1997 >>Bart Weststrate (kallisto) 1863 >>Frans Morsch (quest) - >>Ed Schroder (rebel) - (ed is not at the list for sure) >>Vincent Diepeveen (diep) 2234 >>Johan de Koning (the king) - >>Marcel v. Kervinck (rookie) - >>Alex v Tiggelen (alexs) 1335 >>Joos Buijs (nightmare now alexs) 1932 >>Peter Kouwenhoven (dappet) - >>Gijsbert Wiesenekker (zzzzzz) 1961 (has also contributed to crafty) >>Tom Vijlbrief (ant) - (can lucky make moves on the board now, >> after seeing his program print out the >> move) >>Aske Plaat (cilk) - >>bugchess team members ???? >>jan louwman (operates nimzo) - >>Fre Felkers (delta) - >>morphy programmer ???? > > >It is clear to me since several years that being a good chess player is a >serious handicap for anybody trying to write a top level chess program. I do not see a logical reason why being a good chess player is a serious handicap. I think that most of the good chess players did not try to write a program. Uri
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